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Nexcess Partners with Branch to Expand Automated Workflows for Managed WordPress Customers

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

"At Nexcess, supporting our [Managed WordPress and Managed WooCommerce hosting] customers means giving them the most modern and scalable solutions to power their digital sites and eCommerce stores.

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  • "At Nexcess, supporting our [Managed WordPress and Managed WooCommerce hosting] customers means giving them the most modern and scalable solutions to power their digital sites and eCommerce stores.
  • Under the partnership, Branch will integrate with Nexcess customers' existing Git providers like GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab.
  • Branch makes building and testing fast and easy for Managed WordPress developers, and we're proud to bring our innovative workflow solution to Nexcess to both support and inspire their Managed WordPress customers in their commerce endeavor," says Peter Suhm, founder of Branch.
  • "We chose Nexcess for its full-stack support and suite of services for driving our Managed WordPress and WooCommerce projects forward.

GitLab Cited as Representative Vendor in New Gartner Market Guide

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitLab , the DevOps platform delivered as a single application, announced today that it has been named a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide DevOps Value Stream Delivery Platforms, which recognizes DevOps Value Stream Delivery Platforms (VSDP) as an emerging category in the software marketplace.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitLab , the DevOps platform delivered as a single application, announced today that it has been named a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide DevOps Value Stream Delivery Platforms, which recognizes DevOps Value Stream Delivery Platforms (VSDP) as an emerging category in the software marketplace.
  • To us, this recognition further validates GitLabs position as a pioneer in the emerging market of DevOps platforms.
  • According to Gartner, VSDPs provide a unified platform to reduce the complexity of integrating pipeline activities across the application development value stream.
  • We believe the creation of this emerging category, and GitLabs recognition as a Representative Vendor in this Gartner Market Guide, validates its position as the original complete DevOps platform, said Sid Sijbrandij, CEO and Co-Founder of GitLab.

Synopsys Study Shows Open Source Security Top-of-Mind but Patching Too Slow

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

The overwhelming majority of modern codebases contain open source components, with open source often comprising 70% or more of the overall code.

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  • The overwhelming majority of modern codebases contain open source components, with open source often comprising 70% or more of the overall code.
  • Yet paralleling the growth of open source use is the mounting security risk posed by unmanaged open source.
  • In fact, according to the 2020 OSSRA report , 75% of the codebases audited by Synopsys contain open source components with known security vulnerabilities.
  • "The 'DevSecOps Practices and Open Source Management in 2020' report highlights how organizations are struggling to effectively track and manage their open source risk."

Buildkite Expands Integration with GitHub, Introduces New Workflows

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Buildkite announced it has expanded its integration with GitHub and introduced a new onboarding experience.

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  • MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Buildkite announced it has expanded its integration with GitHub and introduced a new onboarding experience.
  • With this deeper integration between Buildkite and GitHub, any GitHub user can now quickly tap into Buildkites continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform and begin running fast, secure, and scalable pipelines on their own infrastructure.
  • Additionally, Buildkite was the first to introduce a hybrid CI/CD platform, giving businesses complete control of their source code.
  • With the new Buildkite app in GitHub, integrating the new platform is now easier and more secure.

GitLab Appoints Chief People Officer and Newest Board Member

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Monday, November 16, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitLab , the DevOps platform delivered as a single application, announced today the appointment of Wendy Nice Barnes as Chief People Officer (CPO) and Merline Saintil to its board of directors.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GitLab , the DevOps platform delivered as a single application, announced today the appointment of Wendy Nice Barnes as Chief People Officer (CPO) and Merline Saintil to its board of directors.
  • Both additions bring extensive experience to the company and will help GitLab further its position as a leading DevOps platform.
  • Barnes joins GitLab with over 20 years of Talent leadership experience in pre-IPO and Fortune 500 companies.
  • She served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Palo Alto Networks, Vice President of Human Resources at eHealth, and held senior HR leadership roles at Netflix and E*TRADE.

WhiteSource Announces Merge Confidence

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Monday, November 16, 2020

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteSource, the leader in open source security and license compliance management software, announced today the release of Merge Confidence, a new automated solution that helps developers safely update and remediate their open source dependencies with a high degree of confidence.

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteSource, the leader in open source security and license compliance management software, announced today the release of Merge Confidence, a new automated solution that helps developers safely update and remediate their open source dependencies with a high degree of confidence.
  • Merge Confidence uses a badge to show how likely an open source component can be updated without breaking the build.
  • WhiteSource Merge Confidence uses extensive open source dependency data to determine with a high degree of accuracy whether updates are safe to apply.
  • Additional information regarding WhiteSource Merge Confidence can be found here .

Nightfall AI Joins CircleCI’s Partner Network to Bring Data Loss Prevention to Code Commits

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Our pre-built orb will help engineering teams scan code and detect sensitive data by copying a simple line of code into a config file, said Rohan Sathe, Chief Technology Officer at Nightfall AI.

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  • Our pre-built orb will help engineering teams scan code and detect sensitive data by copying a simple line of code into a config file, said Rohan Sathe, Chief Technology Officer at Nightfall AI.
  • By bringing Nightfalls DLP technology into the development process, developers can avoid committing sensitive information in repositories and build with confidence.
  • The Nightfall platform discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data across cloud services like Slack & GitHub via machine learning & NLP.
  • As the industrys first cloud-native data loss prevention platform, Nightfall has scaled rapidly to a broad set of customers across the globe, ranging from hyper-growth tech startups to Fortune 100 enterprises.

Remote Secures $35 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Global Talent Market

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201110005579/en/
    Remote Secures $35 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Global Talent Market (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Since its public launch earlier this year and its $11 million seed funding round in April, Remote has been approached by thousands of companies seeking to take advantage of its unique employment model and global network of legal entities, including customers GitLab, Loom, Cargo One, Whereby and Phaidra.
  • Remote is the only global employment provider with its own legal infrastructure in every country where it operates.
  • We are excited to support Remote in its drive to reshape the global talent market.
  • Remote doesnt just enable global employment, it helps businesses win the global talent war.

Boutique DevSecOps consulting firm, Hunter Strategy, has joined forces with GitLab to offer accelerated DevSecOps to Federal, Defense and Intelligence Agencies

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Hunter Strategy joins the GitLab Partner Program as a reseller and strategic consulting partner to address government clients' diverse DevSecOps implementation needs .

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  • Hunter Strategy joins the GitLab Partner Program as a reseller and strategic consulting partner to address government clients' diverse DevSecOps implementation needs .
  • Hunter will be migrating its DevSecOps acceleration framework, HunterOps, to be fully implemented on the GitLab Enterprise platform.
  • "GitLab is excited to build a strategic relationship with Hunter Strategy," said Michelle Hodges, vice president of global channels at GitLab.
  • In addition to DevSecOps, Hunter Strategy's core capabilities include cloud software factory engineering, cyber risk management, and agile software development.

Gitpod Raises $3M USD Seed Funding, Announces Native Integration with GitLab

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

With Gitpods integration into GitLab, code reviews, bug fixes, building new features and exploring new projects is frictionless while increasing development productivity, efficiency and velocity.

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  • With Gitpods integration into GitLab, code reviews, bug fixes, building new features and exploring new projects is frictionless while increasing development productivity, efficiency and velocity.
  • GitLab is excited to build a partnership with Gitpod, said Brandon Jung, vice president of alliances at GitLab.
  • Gitpods $3M USD seed round was led by Speedinvest with participation from Crane Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures US.
  • Visit https://www.gitpod.io/docs/gitlab-integration/ for more information about Gitpods native integration on GitLab or email [email protected] .